One of the top priorities at Facebook is offering privacy controls that let you choose exactly what you share with whom. We have largely focused on enabling you to give access to your profile to people you confirmed as friends and people in your networks. While these controls remain important and a priority for us, many of you have explained that you also want to open parts of your profile to a wider audience. Starting today,

We are just beginning the process of moving people over to the new Facebook and saying goodbye to the old Facebook. The new Facebook has been available for a few months for general use, and we've been iterating on it for a long time. We set out to make Facebook simpler, cleaner, more relevant, and easier to control. With your feedback and participationâ€"over 30 million people are now using the new siteâ€"we believe we've gotten to the best Facebook yet.

Early this morning, a small group of people started seeing prompts on their home pages to switch over and try out the new Facebook. We're really happy to say that anyone can try out the new site now by visiting http://www.new.facebook.com . As you explore the site, you should note: A simplified top menu: we've moved the Applications menu from the left side of the page to the top menu, giving everyone a little more space to breathe.

Good luck finding borders like this on the site today. When Facebook first launched in February 2004, there were three important things that you could do on the site. You could create a profile with your picture and information, view other people's profiles, and add people as friends. The site also featured ugly dotted borders and strangely aligned labels. Back then, the site was only available at Harvard,